Garment-clasp.



PATENTED OCT. 3A0, 1906,.'

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

SELVYN RUBIN, OF` `NEIN YORK, N. Y. A

d GARMENT-CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Appiimion nea March 5,1906. serial No. 304,246'.

the city of New York, borough of Bronx, in

the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new garment-clasp, which is simple in construction, strong and durable, and not expensive, and which holds the garments securely and can be easily openedand closed.

In the accompanying drawin s, in which like letters of reference indicate ike parts in all the figures, Iigure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of 'my improved garment-clasp open. .I4 ig. 2 is a side view of the same closed. Ifig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the clamping member. Big. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the base member through the rubber pad and the holes in the base end of the springtongue.

The clasp is constructed with a base or body member A, a clamping member B, pivotally mounted on the bottom member, and the locking member C, pivoted to the clamping member at the pivoted end of the latter.

The body 'member A has an upwardly-extending ange D along its two sides and front, the rear being open, and between the rear ends of said iianges D the clamping member B is pivoted by pivots E, extending inwardly from the upper edges of the flanges D and into slots F in the tapering and downwardlyextending flanges W in the side edges of the clamping member. These slots are shaped as shownthat is to say, they increase in width from the center toward both ends, and this shape of the slots permits the pivots of the clamping member to be made flat, which is less expensive than cylindrical or pinshaped pivots. The locking member U is pivoted by pivots G to the rear end of the clamping member B and is provided with the toe or spur H'beneath the pivot and substantially at right angles to said member C..

A spring-tongue J is made integral with the body member A and extends from the top edge of the flange at the front end of said body member lengthwise toward the rear over the upper surface of the member A and is bent upward at its free end, which free end rests against the under side of the clamping member B and tends to throw the same upward and to keep it in raised position.

A rubber sleeve K is slipped on the springtongue J to the fixed end of the latter. The

tongue J has a hole or indent L in the part.v

The clamping memcovered by the rubber. ber is provided on its upper surface with a hollow bead M along the sides and free end, the bottom outer edges of which bead M are directly over the flanges D when the clasp is closed for the pur ose of making the clasp as flat as possible w en closed.

The locking member C is provided on its upper end with a bend N for receiving the hollow bead M at the end of the member B when the clasp is closed, and beyond said bend the member has a lip O, which, when the clasp is closed, projects beyond the end of the member B and can be easily moved upward to open the clasp.

P is a slot for receiving the suspension-tape.

Q represents projections on the under side of the clamping member.

The fabric to be clamped is placed upon the rubber K, and then the locking member C is pressed down,whereby the spring-tongue J is pressed down. The clamping member is pressed upon the fabric, and the projections Q forced into the fabric, and also force down part of the rubber into the holes or indentations L, so as to prevent the rubber from slipping, and the parts are locked in place. To open the clasp, it is only necessar to raise the locking member C by means of t e tongue O, whereupon the spring J throws upward the clamping member.

, I-Iaving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Batent, is-

1. In a garment-clasp, the combination,

with a body member, a clamping member pivotally connected with the body member,

a locking member, and a spring-tongue on the body member and extending from the free end of said bodymember lengthwise toward the rear and over the upper surface of said body member, substantially as set forth.

2. In a garment-clasp, the combination with a body member, 'a clamping member pivotally connected with the body member, a locking member and a spring-tongue on the body member, and extending from the 'free end of said body member lengthwise toward the rear and over the upper surface of said body member, and a rubber pad on said spring at the end connected with the body member, substantially as set forth,

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hollow bead along its side, front and end edges, and a locking .member pivoted to the clamping member, and provided at its free end with the bend N, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a garment-clasp, the combination with a body member having an integral spring-tongue extending rearward from its front end, of a clamping member having a hollow bead along its side, front and en d edges, and a locking member pivoted to the clamping member and provided at its free end with the bend N and tongue O, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a garment-clasp, the combination with a body member having an integral vspring-tongue extending rearward from its front end over the upper surface of the body member, of a clamping member, a locking member pivoted to the clamping member, a rubber pad on said tongue at the end connected with the body member, said tongue having a hole beneath said pad, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 21st day of February, A. D. 1905.

SELVYN RUBIN.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, E. S. Ross. 

